Texas government and the national government share many structural similarities. However, there are some very unique differences between them. One of the reasons is because Texas developed many more constitutions than the national government did – and those constitutions were influenced by Texas’ relationship with the other nations that at one point ruled over Texas. As Texas joined the United States, and then the Confederacy, and then the Union, again, there were revisions of the Texas Constitution. The Texas Constitution of today was authored in 1876, has been amended 507 times, and is the second longest state constitution in the United States.

Information to help you answer this discussion board will be found in Chapter 2 of your textbook.

In your original post you must:

1. Identify a similarity between the national and Texas Constitutions.
2. Describe what this similarity is and how it is expressed at the national and state levels.
3. Identify a difference between the national and Texas Constitutions.
4. Explain how this difference is expressed in Texas and what influenced Texas to make this part of the Texas Constitution different than that of the United States Constitution.

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• 250 original-content words (this means quotes do not count towards word count)
• Post must be written in paragraph format. Do NOT use numbering or bullet points. There is no need to include the original questions in your post.